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Music Ashanti Delivers Impressive National Anthem Performance At The World Series In New York Ashanti's vocals never fail to impress. By Caroline Fisher October 30, 2024
Music Drake Previews New Music At His 38th Birthday Bash: Watch Reportedly, one of the songs Drake teased is called "Plot Twist." By Caroline Fisher October 24, 2024
Pop Culture Killer Mike & Dave Chappelle Team Up For “Still Talkin That Sh*t” Tour Killer Mike and Dave Chappelle are hitting the road together in November. By Caroline Fisher October 23, 2024
Music Snoop Dogg’s 1993 Murder Case Finally Gets Sealed After Judge Approves Petition Snoop Dogg can now put the past behind him. By Caroline Fisher October 09, 2024
Music Tyler, The Creator, Post Malone & More Join Grammys 2026 Performers Tyler, The Creator and Post Malone join Clipse, Pharrell, Lauryn Hill, and many other musicians performing at this Sunday's Grammys. By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 31, 2026
Politics Democrats Label Kenneth Petty A Sex Offender To Address Nicki Minaj's Donald Trump Praise Nicki Minaj described herself as Donald Trump's biggest fan at a summit to promote "Trump Accounts" on Wednesday. By Cole Blake January 28, 2026
Music J. Cole Fans Suspect Several New Freestyles Are Dropping Tomorrow J. Cole is currently gearing up to drop "The Fall-Off," but social media users think there could be more coming soon. By Caroline Fisher January 27, 2026
Music DJ Akademiks Defends Rod Wave During His Fiery Takedown Of Lil Baby DJ Akademiks has been going off on Lil Baby, alleging that the rapper had someone from his team slap him in Miami. By Cole Blake January 26, 2026
Music A$AP Rocky Reveals Tracklist For New Album "Don't Be Dumb" A$AP Rocky has finally shared more insight into his upcoming album, "Don't Be Dumb," which is just days away. By Cole Blake January 14, 2026
Music Boosie Badazz Sparks Tense Back-And-Forth After Kodak Black Drops In On Instagram Live Boosie Badazz and Kodak Black never really seemed to be cool with one another, but things really exploded between them in 2023. By Zachary Horvath March 09, 2026
Music Joe Budden Steps Into Viral Debate About Drake's Classic Albums "The Joe Budden Podcast" recently spoke about Drake's discography after Ebro suggested he's never making a classic album. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 08, 2026
Music 50 Cent Shades Jermaine Dupri & Dame Dash After Dame Questioned His Trauma 50 Cent's clap-back at Jermaine Dupri for liking a post about Dame Dash's criticisms even roped in another enemy of 50's, Rick Ross. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 07, 2026